Very important fight in the lower section of the Major League Soccer, with both Austin and LA Galaxy feeling more angst than glee. This fixture is a classic "six-pointer" with the hosts positioned 12th and the away side in 13th position.
- Austin is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals (48) in Major League Soccer
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Austin and LA Galaxy.
Austin form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Austin have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 14 games. When Austin hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Sporting KC, Colorado Rapids, Minnesota United and Austin), they have won 2 of 3 matches! Austin are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Al Saqr Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
An away draw last time out for Austin, facing New York RB in a game that ended 1-1. Midfielder Valencia was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.4 (out of ten) in that game. Valencia served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Austin lost 1-2 at home to Portland Timbers.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Austin have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 23 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 6 and lost 9.
Take note that 9 of the latest 10 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.
The Austin fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 14 matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
LA Galaxy form and stats
There's been little loot from LA Galaxy's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 14 away games in the Major League Soccer. LA Galaxy only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws.
Fagúndez and Sharp scored in Galaxy's previous match, the home game against Minnesota United that ended 4-3. That victory felt nice as this side had gone three league games without winning. What a finish in the last match, as LA Galaxy came back from being down 1-3 and secured a very satisfying victory through Fagúndez's goal in the 82nd minute. Sharp certainly enjoyed Galaxy's last game versus Minnesota United, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-3 victory. Sharp, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.05. Sharp scored three goals.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Los Angeles FC wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.LA Galaxy are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.
Observe that 9 of this club's 10 latest league rounds have ended with three or more goals.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, LA Galaxy has managed {14 goals} and let in 28 from 14 matches.
Head 2 Head
LA Galaxy - Austin 2-0 was the outcome when these sides previously did battle, also in this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Austin victory, zero draws and four LA Galaxy wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Driussi 10 goals |  G. Zardes 6 goals |   R. Puig Martí 6 goals |
Austin missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Austin | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 40 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 14 | 39 |
| 46 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 28 | 48 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 79% | 86% |
| 83% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 79% | 82% |
| 66% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 64% |
| 24% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 66% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 61% |
| 17% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 21% | 21% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 32% |
| 5 | 6.2 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.9 | 6.2 |
| 6.3 | 5.6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | 13.2 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.9 | 14.5 |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| 32% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 27% |
| 14.5 | 12.6 | 15.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 15.2 | 13.6 |
| 5.2 | 4.2 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
- Austin have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the most matches over the total-line (19) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Austin is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals (48) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Louis City | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 56 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 50 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 45 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 44 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 43 |
| 5 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 41 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -4 | 40 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -4 | 40 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 46 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | -8 | 39 |
| 9 | Dallas | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 38 |
| 10 | Minnesota United | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -1 | 37 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 39 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -4 | 35 |
| 12 | Austin | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 31 | -6 | 34 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 28 | -9 | 33 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 29 | -23 | 22 |
